PEOPLE EX REL. STEENBAKKER v. KOSON


27 N.Y.2d 644 (1970)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Cornelius Steenbakker, Appellant, v. Alexander Koson, Warden of the Manhattan House of Detention for Men, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 16, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Cyperstein and James B. Reich for appellant.

Frank S. Hogan, District Attorney (Robert I. Lieberman and Michael R. Juviler of counsel), for respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON.


Order reversed, without costs, upon ground that record discloses no basis for relator's continued detention in the face of the failure to go forward with extradition proceedings, and case remitted to Supreme Court, New York County, for a rehearing or other appropriate proceedings, unless within 10 days from date of this decision extradition is completed, in which event the order is affirmed...

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